Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Apr 25, 2011 6/10

For the most part though, the honesty of the performances keeps everything afloat when it could drift into easy sentimentality.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

I enjoyed it in all its cheesiness.

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Kam Williams BlackNews.com May 7, 2007 1/4

For some reason, teasing people about their skin color has become a big theme of brainless black comedies like this. Plus, it unfolds like one long Pepsi ad, with dialogue extolling the cola's virtues in virtually every scene.

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Chelsea Bain Boston Herald Oct 21, 2006 2/4

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review May 12, 2006 3/5

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Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Dec 10, 2005 2/5

Worthy of a 99-cent rental, if only so you can witness the howlingly awful performance by Wesley Jonathan as a self-appointed roller-disco mega-lord called "Sweetness." Kid had me in tears, I swear.

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Luke Buckmaster In Film Australia Dec 9, 2005 4/5

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Michael Ferraro Film Threat Dec 6, 2005 2.5/5

Nothing about this film is as cathartic as it tries to make itself because the characters just aren't that absorbing. Instead of tugging your heart, it just spits in your eye.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Dec 6, 2005

This is the 40th "skating movie" to hit the screens since Charlie Chaplin's The Rink (1915). It is neither the best nor the worst of them - skater dudes may think its cool, but 25 years ago there was the much maligned Xanadu with ELO, ONJ and (sigh!) stil

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Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Oct 13, 2005 3/4

A spunky, fun little film.

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Luke Y. Thompson New Times Oct 8, 2005

It would take a critic more churlish than this one to sneer and bare chickenlike talons at Roll Bounce

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Ethan Alter Film Journal International Oct 6, 2005

The skating routines are a lot of fun to watch, filled with great choreography and backed by great tunes.

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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Sep 29, 2005 3.5/5

Actually one of the year's more pleasant surprises, though it misses being more than that through a combination of length and a sometimes sloppy, meandering screenplay.

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Jimmy O Film Snobs Sep 28, 2005 3/5

A nice blast of character-driven nostalgia with the best use of Charlie Murphy and Wayne Brady since Chapelle snapped.

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Mark Palermo The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Sep 28, 2005

Roll Bounce is the season's brightest, happiest surprise.

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Hanh Nguyen Zap2it.com Sep 28, 2005 2.5/4

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Ruth Ferguson Moviehole Sep 27, 2005

The well-blended mix of music, humor, 70s swagger and poignancy allows "Roll Bounce" to stand out. Fun and touching.

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Linda Cook KWQC-TV (Iowa) Sep 27, 2005 3/4

Did I ever have fun at "Roll Bounce!"

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Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com Sep 27, 2005 4/10

Bow Wow's movie has no bark and no bite.

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